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UK - DJ Derek Morris, 74, Bristol / London, July 2015

Derek Serpell-Morris (aka DJ Derek, a bit of a local character) has been missing from Bristol since July 2015, family and friends have been searching for months. I've just spotted this story on FB and found some ITV links, don't know much more about it than that, but as there has been a possible (photographed) sighting in London this week I thought it was interesting.

Derek was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of July 11 leaving The Criterion pub on Ashley Road. But Avon and Somerset police say travel card records show he took the 10.32am, number 78 bus to Thornbury on the same date.

A fellow DJ believes Derek was chased out of the Knot of Ropes pub the night he went missing

At first I thought the picture wasn't him but when I look at other pictures in the DM, I think it could be him, but if it is, he's lost weight, in his face.

I thought pensioners had a free bus pass that you just showed to the driver as you boarded the bus, then went and sat in a seat. I wonder how his was recorded at 10.32am, do they get swiped these days?

He's been in the DM before too, when he retired from being a DJ. I think he's a bit of a local legend.

The bus recording states he went to Thornbury, I wonder if he knew anyone there or where he went after that. Poor man, if it was him seen in London, I hope he's not living rough.

Last edited by pinklilies; 12-23-2015 at 05:38 PM.
Reason: To add a couple of words

Well this is a much clearer picture. Look at those shiny shoes, he looks very well dressed. If this man is Derek, I certainly don't think he's living rough. He should be enjoying his retirement in comfort now though wherever he is.

Police confirm possible DJ Derek sighting is false

Police have confirmed a photo circulated widely on social media of a man at Waterloo Station is not missing Derek Serpell-Morris - known as DJ Derek.Avon and Somerset police say they have worked closely with colleagues at the Metropolitan Police who have identified and spoken to the man photographed.

The last thing known about DJ Dereks' whereabouts was that he caught the number 78 bus from Bristol to Thornbury - which goes through and stops in Cribbs Causeway and patchway - the bus route is here: https://bustimes.org.uk/services/swe_48-78-_-y10

EDIT: Just checked where the body was found and it is just a short walk from Cribbs Causeway Bus station where the bus would have stopped.